In Ye Olde Reach days, it used to be a favorite pastime of mine (in the campaign/firefight especially) to kill the gunner on an enemy wraith, stun it with an overcharged plasma pistol shot, and then ...

Halo 4 has both the DMR (see in Halo: Reach) and the Battle Rifle (first appeared in Halo 2, firing three-burst shots) and for the first time they both appear in the same game, avalible as a primary ...

After you reach SR 50 in Halo 4 you get to choose a specalization such as Wetwork, Operator, Stalker, etc and these levels go through from 1 - 10. Once you have your chosen unlock, do they grant you ...

What are the most effective ways to power-level in Halo 4? I know that multiplayer and campaign counts towards the two "Rank up your Spartan-IV to SR-#" achievements ("Not Some Recruit Anymore" and ...

I spotted this in a recent Halo 4 video:
The player has just got their ordnance drop, which consists of a Rocket Launcher, a Railgun, and an overshield. There's also the "two arrow" icon at the top ...

In multiplayer, when you reach SR-130, can you change the specialization name displayed below your Spartan? For example, if you choose Stalker as your last specialization, will it be set to "Stalker" ...

I have noticed that I sometimes get access to an "Ordnance Drop" similar to killstreak rewards in the Call of Duty series. I know that I am getting it for doing things, but I'd like to know how many ...

I find the Crawlers pretty easy to headshot, and the Knights seem to at least take a lot of damage if not one hit when their shields are down, if aiming at the head. The Watchers don't exactly seem ...

I was wondering in a straight up fight with no missed shots how the BR, DMR, and Carbine compare? Is it like Halo 3 where the combine shoots faster, but time wise needs 1 more shot? Basically if you ...

I completed Halo 4 missions 1, 3, 6, and 7 solo on Legendary.
After a week of not playing, much of my local Halo 4 memory was erased, the Infinity mode introduction played again: Armor and loadouts ...

Recently I've been playing more Spartan Ops Matchmaking, because the experience gain is so much better. However, I've run into a continuous stream of scumbags who shoot me in the back, plasma pistol ...

I am creating a forge map on HALO 4. It is made for 4v4, and I know I need ordnance drops on the map for it to work in HALO 4's Community Forge Tester playlist (I think). I am using the map IMPACT, ...

Previous installments of the Halo series let you access your fileshare outside the game to queue downloads, and share files. I can't seem to figure out how to do this for Halo 4. I'm most interested ...

I purchased and played Halo 4 when it was released last winter. I only played one Spartan Ops mission. I had only downloaded the first episode at that point (it was the only one out at the time), so ...

I see that when you reach rank 50 you can begin to unlock "support upgrades" via "armor specializations". It will be a while before I get to that rank, but since I will need to make a choice I'd like ...

In each installment of the previous Halo games, skulls have been hidden as Easter eggs to unlock special abilities or more challenging game modes? What are all of the skulls for Halo 4, and where are ...

I've had the ordinance drop icon in Halo 4 infinity multiplayer on my screen (upper middle center). My question is what button do I press to select/deploy the ordinance drop? I can't find any help on ...

I have reached SR70 with my offline profile on Halo 4. As far as I can tell, the only way to get a higher rank/specialization is by going on Xbox Live, which will reset my XP (not an option). How can ...

When playing with the Mantis (as I am lent to doing extensively on the "Two Giants" Spartan Ops in Episode 3) I find that the machine gun overheats constantly. In past games, I found out after quite ...

In various points in the game there are "log entries" similar to terminals except that there is no onscreen indication of any progress or benefit by accessing them. I realize that they provide some ...

I was checking out my stats over at Halowaypoint.com and came across a rather peculiar statistic. At the very bottom of my weapon stats for the slayer games I've played it says I have been killed by ...